Today’s Cuba actions by the Trump administration are an important step in the right direction. These are common sense measures I have supported in the past, particularly authoring legislation with Sen. Rubio to prohibit financial transactions with Cuba’s military-controlled entities. President Obama’s normalization policy with Communist Cuba has fundamentally undermined U.S. interests and strengthened the Castros’ control over the island. As a result, American dollars are directly funneled to the Cuban military which sustains the regime’s brutal activities. There has been no corresponding political liberation with the ease of travel and trade restrictions, only increased oppression, imprisonments, and torture. I...
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